Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Savepoint - SAP Documentation
Savepoint - SAP Documentation
1 of 2
http://maxdb.sap.com/doc/7_7/44/c35d88864960f0e10000000a155369...
Savepoint
During a savepoint, the database system writes the data which has changed since the last savepoint from the data
cache (working memory) to the data area (permanent storage). The data written during a savepoint always
represents a consistent state of the database. You can always restart the database, for example after a power
outage, to a consistent state without importing log backups.
5/9/2011 5:08 PM
2 of 2
http://maxdb.sap.com/doc/7_7/44/c35d88864960f0e10000000a155369...
14. The system wakes up those tasks that had requested or waited for a savepoint.
If the savepoint was triggered during the transfer to the OFFLINE operational state, the system now stops the
database kernel.
More Information
Example: Restart
5/9/2011 5:08 PM